I bent some wire coat hangers by pulling the base down to make a point, creating a diamond shape. By placing two together and taping at the joins it becomes a three-dimensional structure, with the hooks at the top ready for hanging immediately!
They made great loops for chaining together!
And the chain was super fun to run around with, trailing it behind in the wind!
They are also pretty cool to dress up with. Little Pop is trying to put on everything at the moment!
And then we started to attach some to the coat hanger structures. Cakie looped hers over and twisted once around, and I had a go at winding them around for a different effect.
Between us we attached lots of them and then added some ribbons too. We bent another set of coat hangers into a circular shape and wove some ribbon through.
She loved the one with the long, free hanging ribbon attached to it especially, as it kept catching in the wind and rippling.
Rachele says
As usual, what a fun and fabulous Idea! I’m a day behind on my favorites list for the week, and since I’m doing a garden theme, this will be included, because I’ll make it fit with the theme 🙂 Should be up on Messy Kids tomorrow!
ಪುಟ್ಟಿಯ ಅಮ್ಮ/Putti Amma says
Love the way you utilise household things and make it fun for the kids… fantabulous ideas on ur blog:)
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rachelle @ tinkerlab says
So fun! I love seeing color in the garden, and these just pop!
talking to Hattie says
These are really good, home made Easter/spring eggs would hang off these perfectly as an Easter/spring mobile.
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Anonymous says
Wow! I never saw such wonderful pipe cleaners! Now I’m on a search and purchase mission.
Helen Miller says
Ahh this is a lovely idea. May well try this one during this week.
Anna @ The Imagination Tree says
“Anon” these are from the 99p shop- 25 VERY long, thick stems for 99p! What a bargain 🙂